Commonwealth Numbered Acts

CIVIL AVIATION AMENDMENT ACT 1990 No. 25 of 1990 - SECT 10

10. After section 23 of the Principal Act the following sections are inserted:
Declarations of the contents of cargo

"23A. A person must not carry or consign for carriage any cargo on board an
aircraft unless the cargo is accompanied by a declaration of its contents.
Penalty: $3,000. Training relating to dangerous goods

"23B. (1) The regulations may require that persons handling, or involved in
handling, cargo in the course of the cargo being carried or consigned for
carriage on an aircraft are to undertake specified training relating to
dangerous goods.

"(2) A person must not carry or consign for carriage any cargo on board an
aircraft unless each person who:

   (a)  handles, or is involved in the handling of, the cargo for or on behalf
        of the first-mentioned person; and

   (b)  has been required, by regulations made for the purposes of this
        section, to undertake training relating to dangerous goods; has
        undertaken training relating to dangerous goods in accordance with the
        regulations.
Penalty: $3,000.

"(3) In this section:
'dangerous goods' has the same meaning as in section 23.".